One of the event management companies in Egypt accredited by the United Nations.
Plenty of event management companies stop at the booking. Content Khana runs the whole thing — conferences, summits, exhibitions, product launches and official openings — from the first budget line to the post-event report, out of Cairo since 2015.
Events partner to the British Council, official PR partner of Food Africa, Exposmart and The 7s Summit, and member of the International Trade Council.
2015
Planning and producing events in Egypt and the region ever since
UN
One of the United Nations’ accredited companies for events management
200+
Brands, NGOs and international organisations served
AR + EN
Bilingual crews, scripts, signage and delegate handling
Organisations we have delivered for
British CouncilUNIDOUNDPUNESCOWorld Health OrganizationUN WomenUNFPAUNODCUN-HabitatInternational Labour OrganizationEuropean CommissionGIZFood AfricaFood Export CouncilExposmartThe 7s SummitEgypt Career SummitArab Fertilizer AssociationPlan InternationalHandicap InternationalCARE Egypt FoundationChamber of IT and TelecommunicationsCarrefourRed HatKasperskyNutanixPalo Alto NetworksProperty FinderBritish CouncilUNIDOUNDPUNESCOWorld Health OrganizationUN WomenUNFPAUNODCUN-HabitatInternational Labour OrganizationEuropean CommissionGIZFood AfricaFood Export CouncilExposmartThe 7s SummitEgypt Career SummitArab Fertilizer AssociationPlan InternationalHandicap InternationalCARE Egypt FoundationChamber of IT and TelecommunicationsCarrefourRed HatKasperskyNutanixPalo Alto NetworksProperty Finder
The short answer
What event management companies actually do
Anyone can book a hall. What separates event management companies is everything between the objective and the load-out.
Event management companies take an organisation’s objective — launch a product, convene an industry, open a facility, thank a market — and turn it into a room full of the right people on the right day. That covers the budget, the venue, the run sheet, the suppliers, the stage and AV, the branding, the registration desk, the speakers, the permits, the crew on site, and the report that tells you whether it worked.
Content Khana has been an event company in Cairo since 2015, and is one of the United Nations’ accredited companies for events management. That accreditation is not decoration: it means our paperwork, procurement and reporting already satisfy the strictest client in the market. Because we are an event management agency that runs PR, content and production in the same building — not an event organising company that only executes — the scripts, signage, delegate packs and post-event reports are written here too, so nothing arrives on the day in a different voice.
How to choose between event management companies
1.
Ask for the run sheet, not the mood board. Any supplier can show you a beautiful deck. Ask to see a real run sheet and a line-item budget from a comparable event.
2.
Ask who is on site on the day. Some event management companies sell you a director and send a freelancer. Get the name of the person who will be standing in the back at 6am.
3.
Ask what happens when a supplier fails. The answer separates event management companies that have delivered under pressure from those that have only quoted for it.
What we do
Our event management services
Twelve event services, taken as one turnkey production or as the single piece your team cannot cover. Our event planning services run standalone or inside an end-to-end engagement, and every line below is priced separately so you can see exactly what you are buying.
Event planning and project management
Where the whole thing is decided: objective, audience, format, date, budget and the number the event will be judged on. You get a critical path with named owners and dates, which is what separates real event planning companies from a supplier list.
A shortlist built against your capacity, layout, catering and access needs — then site visits, rate negotiation, contract terms and the cancellation clauses people forget to read until they need them.
The physical build: staging, rigging, sound, lighting, LED and screens, power, load-in and load-out schedules, crew rosters, transport, accommodation and the contingency plan for the supplier who does not show up.
Multi-track programmes, plenary and breakout rooms, speaker logistics, simultaneous interpretation, session chairs, delegate flow and the run sheet that keeps eight rooms on time at once.
Stand design and build for trade shows and expos: concept, drawings, contractor management, organiser approvals, meeting pods, staffing, giveaways and a daily footfall and lead report you can act on.
Invitation lists, RSVP tracking, online registration, badging, on-site check-in desks, VIP handling and the arrival experience that decides what people think before anyone has spoken.
Sourcing and securing the right names, negotiating fees and riders, briefing them properly, and rehearsing the moderator so the panel is a conversation rather than five monologues.
Key visual, stage set, wayfinding, backdrops and press walls, badges, delegate packs, agendas and menus — designed and produced in Arabic and English by the same team that wrote the messaging.
Ministerial presence at your opening, pavilion or launch, and the protocol that comes with it: invitations, seating, security liaison and press pool. We have arranged visits with the Ministries of Supply, Agriculture, Tourism and Social Solidarity.
Inbound delegations handled on the ground: airport meet-and-greet, transfers, hotel blocks, interpreters, cultural programmes and site visits. What good DMC companies really sell is a single local number to call when a flight lands late.
Filling the room and making it count: campaign assets, invitations, social and paid promotion, plus the press office that gets your event into the pages and studios — the advantage of hiring an event agency that runs PR in the same building.
Attendance and engagement, spend against budget, supplier performance, photography and film, and a written report your board or donor can actually read. Produced for UNIDO, Food Africa and the Arab Fertilizer Association, among others.
A mock run sheet — but the mechanics behind it are real. We size the room, build the budget, book the venue, brief the suppliers and stand in the back on the day until the last truck leaves.
CK EVENTS is Content Khana’s own demo format. Every figure on a real proposal comes from your brief, your venue and your date.
The venue
Venue sourcing
Venue is the decision everything else inherits — capacity, layout, catering, access, power, parking and the cancellation terms. We shortlist against your brief, inspect in person, negotiate the rate and read the contract before you sign it.
Conference & convention
Convention centres
Hotel ballrooms
Auditoriums
University halls
Chamber and syndicate venues
Breakout and meeting suites
Interpretation booths
Green rooms
Exhibition & trade show
Purpose-built expo halls
Hotel exhibition floors
Outdoor pavilion grounds
Shell scheme and space-only
Organiser approvals
Contractor coordination
Rigging and power loads
Storage and logistics yards
Hospitality & gala
Five-star ballrooms
Rooftop terraces
Nile venues and boats
Garden and courtyard spaces
Private dining rooms
Beach and resort venues
Catering and menu tasting
Licensing and service staff
Heritage & unconventional
Historic palaces
Museums and cultural centres
Industrial and warehouse spaces
Galleries
Theatres
Embassy and institutional halls
Studio and broadcast spaces
Site-specific builds
Cities we source in
Cairo
Giza
New Administrative Capital
Alexandria
Sharm El Sheikh
Hurghada
El Gouna
Ain Sokhna
Luxor
Aswan
Handled with the booking
Site inspections
Capacity and layout plans
Rate negotiation
Contract and cancellation terms
Permits and municipal approvals
Security and civil defence liaison
Insurance and risk assessment
Accessibility requirements
Proof
Events that actually ran
Conference halls, exhibition floors, ministerial openings and gala nights. Not renders — a sample of events we have actually planned, produced and run for clients across sectors.
Stage
Stage, set and delegate seating built and run end to end by our production crew.
Exhibition stands designed
Exhibition stands designed, approved, built and staffed — including at Food Africa.
UN-accredited
One of the United Nations’ accredited companies for events management, and a trusted events partner for the British Council.
Official event partner
PR and event partner of Food Africa, the Food Export Council, Exposmart and The 7s Summit; media partner of Egypt Career Summit 2020 & 2022.
Ministerial access
Visits and openings arranged with the Ministries of Supply, Agriculture, Tourism and Social Solidarity — plus post-event reports produced for UNIDO, Food Africa and the Arab Fertilizer Association.
How we work
Five stages, run in order
Every event follows the same path, run by a named project manager who is on site at 6am and stays until the last truck leaves.
01
Brief
We set the objective, the audience, the format, the date and the number the event will be judged on — then build the critical path with named owners.
02
Plan
Venue sourcing, supplier shortlists, line-item budget, run sheet, permits, protocol and the registration flow that decides the arrival experience.
03
Produce
Stage, AV, branding, signage, delegate packs and press walls — designed and produced in Arabic and English by the same team that wrote the messaging.
04
Run
On-site crew, registration desk, speaker handling, stage management, protocol and the contingency plan for the supplier who does not show up.
05
Report
Attendance and engagement, spend against budget, supplier performance, photography and a written report your board or donor can actually read.
Start here
What do you need first?
Pick one. We will come to the call with a first-90-days outline for exactly that.
United Nations agencies, the European Commission, global technology brands, Egyptian market leaders and the country’s biggest trade events.
UN-accredited
One of the United Nations’ accredited companies for events management, and a trusted events partner for the British Council.
Official event partner
PR and event partner of Food Africa, the Food Export Council, Exposmart and The 7s Summit; media partner of Egypt Career Summit 2020 & 2022.
Member, International Trade Council
Which is how we open doors for exporters, trade bodies and inbound investors working across Egypt and the region.
Why Content Khana
Five reasons clients stay
UN-accredited
One of the United Nations’ accredited companies for events management — our paperwork, procurement and reporting already satisfy the strictest client in the market.
Integration
PR, content, brand and production sit under one roof, so the scripts, signage, delegate packs and post-event reports arrive in the same voice as the event.
Named project manager
A named PM who is on site at 6am and stays until the last truck leaves — not a director who sells the project and sends a freelancer on the day.
Ministerial access
Visits and openings arranged with the Ministries of Supply, Agriculture, Tourism and Social Solidarity — the protocol that signals you are taken seriously.
Real reporting
Attendance, engagement, spend against budget, supplier performance and a written report your board or donor can actually read — not a photo album.
Human, not automated
Event management with an artistic, human-driven touch — meticulous planning, continuous follow-up, on-site quality control.
Questions
Event management, answered honestly
Event management companies take an organisation’s objective and turn it into a room full of the right people on the right day. That covers the budget, the venue, the run sheet, the suppliers, the stage and AV, the branding, the registration desk, the speakers, the permits, the crew on site, and the report that tells you whether it worked.
There is no honest flat rate. Cost depends on the format, the capacity, the venue, the production requirements and the duration. A 96 sqm exhibition stand is priced differently from a 3-day conference for 800 delegates. We scope against your objectives and give you a line-item budget before anything starts. Book a free consultation and we will price the shape of event you actually need.
Yes. Content Khana is one of the United Nations’ accredited companies for events management. That means our paperwork, procurement and reporting already satisfy the strictest client in the market — which is why UNDP, UNESCO, UNIDO, WHO, UNFPA, UN Women, UNODC, UN-Habitat and the ILO have all hired us to run their events.
A named project manager who is on site at 6am and stays until the last truck leaves. We do not sell you a director and send a freelancer. You get the name of the person who will be standing in the back before you sign.
Extensively. We have arranged ministerial visits and openings with the Ministries of Supply, Agriculture, Tourism and Social Solidarity — including invitations, seating, security liaison, protocol and the press pool that comes with it.
Yes. Because we run brand, content and production in the same building, the key visual, stage set, wayfinding, backdrops, badges, delegate packs, agendas and menus are designed and produced in Arabic and English by the same team that wrote the messaging — so nothing arrives on the day in a different voice.
We deliver a post-event report: attendance and engagement, spend against budget, supplier performance, photography and film, and a written document your board or donor can actually read. We also produce post-event content — magazines, newsletters and highlight films — for UNIDO, Food Africa and the Arab Fertilizer Association, among others.
Yes. We source in Cairo, Giza, the New Administrative Capital, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, El Gouna, Ain Sokhna, Luxor and Aswan — including site inspections, rate negotiation, contract terms and the cancellation clauses people forget to read.
Let’s talk
Picture the room. We’ll tell you what it costs to fill it.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. Bring your objective, your audience and your date — you will leave with a line-item budget and a critical path, not a mood board.